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Squash racket and ball Racquetball racket and ball. A racket or racquet [1] is an item of sporting equipment used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in a variety of sports. A racket consists of three major components: a widened distal end known as the head, an elongated handle known as the grip, and a reinforced connection between the head and handle known as the throat or heart.
Grunting in tennis is a loud noise made by some players while hitting their shots. [1] Such noises have sometimes been described as "shrieking" [2] [3] or "screaming". [4]Monica Seles, Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe are generally considered to be the "grunt creators" in the women's and men's games, respectively.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...
Head (or racket head): Portion of the racket that contains the strings. [69] Heavy (ball): Ball hit with so much topspin that it feels "heavy" when the opposing player strikes it. Hit and giggle: non-competitive social tennis. Hitting partner (or sparring partner): specialist employed by a tennis player to practice strokes during training.
Grunting (tennis), in tennis refers to the loud noise, sometimes described as "shrieking" or "screaming", made by some players during their strokes; Death grunt, the death metal singing style; Grunt Records, a vanity label founded in 1971 by Jefferson Airplane and distributed by RCA Records "The Grunt", a 1970 instrumental recording by The J.B.'s
The clacken, or clackan, is described in the Scottish National Dictionary as "a wooden hand-bat or racquet used by boys at The Edinburgh Academy and Royal High School". It is derived from the Scots word cleckinbrod , derived in turn from brod , a board and the onomatopoeic word cleck or clack , the noise made by the clapper in a mill.
Bug zapper traps may be installed indoors, or outdoors if they are constructed to withstand the effects of weather. However, they are not effective at killing biting insects (female mosquitoes and other insects) outdoors, [4] [5] being much more effective at attracting and killing other harmless and beneficial insects.
Racket sports (or racquet sports) are games in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a ball or other object. [1] Rackets consist of a handled frame with an open ...